Edith Gardner

I have always been fascinated with this scenario: two people encounter the same situation; one person is massively stressed out, while the other is energized. People react differently because of the unique pain they've experienced. No one gets to own another person's story. If you can turn your past pain into life lessons, you have mastered the game of life. I want to help people do that.

I have personal experience with OCD. Today, I'm thriving because I learned how to heal from my own compulsions.

Stress management and anxiety have been my main focuses. I wrote a simple self-help book about ten unique features of anxiety. I think we all could use a course in how to master these ten items in our lives.

This is a very different approach from talk therapy. It is difficult work in sessions and in daily practice outside of therapy sessions. It's a very specific, protocoled approach in which we build skills. You will learn how to get comfortable with uncertainty (a wild concept for so many). At first, it may feel like you aren't doing the work correctly because it's so hard, but that hard work will pay off.

In other words, you're having a normal reaction. It won't take long to realize that nothing bad will happen if you share intrusive thoughts with me. You very likely aren't going to shock or scare me. Saying your thoughts out loud will give you relief that is almost palpable. We'll take things at your pace, but I'm pretty sure you'll want to share sooner than you think.